Use and Care Manual

Food Mixer
STM 3620WH, STM 3621GR, STM 3622BL, STM 3623OR, STM 3624RD
STM 3625VT, STM 3626YL, STM 3627TQ, STM 3628RS
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2015 07/2015
How to prepare a yeast starter
• Pour the amount of warm water indicated in the recipe into a clean glass bowl. Then add the
necessary amount of fresh or pressed yeast together with 1 teaspoon of sugar and one teaspoon
of flour. Carefully mix everything together and cover with a plastic bag. Leave it in a warm place
(30 °C) for approximately 30 minutes or until the mixture foams up. This mixture should be used
immediately.
Rising in a warm location
• Yeast, whether it be during fermentation or in the dough, requires heat to gain in volume. Create
a warm place for rising your dough by placing a metal baking tray onto a bowl with sufficiently
hot water. Place the prepared dough on to the baking tray and cover with a lightly greased thicker
plastic bag or a kitchen wiping cloth. A warm location without a draft is required for dough to rise.
Allow the dough to rise until it doubles in volume.
CAKE AND PASTRY DOUGH – INGREDIENTS
FLOUR
Flour used for cakes and fine pastries should have a lower protein (gluten) content, than flour used for
baking bread.
Medium-fine and fine flour
This flour has a lower protein (gluten) content and gives the baked goods, such as cakes, tarts, fine
pastry, pancakes a finer texture.
Flour with baking powder
It is a mixture of flour and leavening agents such as baking powder. To make 1 cup of the flour and
baking powder mixture, mix 1 cup of flour with 2 teaspoons of baking powder.
Whole wheat flour
Contains bran and wheat germ and may be used in doughs for tarts and pies. The texture of a product
made from whole wheat flour will be denser.
Corn flour
It is made from corn and is used for certain baked goods to which it loans a finer texture. It may be used
to thicken sauces and desserts.
Rice flour
It is made from rice and is used to make the texture of baked goods finer, for example for shortcrust
pastry.
BAKING POWDER
It is used as a leavening agent in baking.
BAKING SODA
It is known as sodium bicarbonate. It can be used as an additional leavening agent or for darkening
certain baked goods.
BUTTER
It provides a specific taste and a fine texture to baked goods. In certain recipes it is possible to substitute
oil for butter, however the resulting taste and texture of the baked good will be different. In this case,
use ¼ less butter than the amount of oil indicated in the recipe. Before you start whipping butter
together with sugar, allow it to soften at room temperature.